Educational Upward Mobility: Practices of Social Changes

Kupfer, Antonia

What enables the few working-class people who enter higher education to achieve against the odds? This book offers answers by comparing social contexts, educational institutions and policies in Austria and England to demonstrate a surprising number of similarities behind those who succeed using Bourdieu's concept of habitus.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349470082

DOI: 10.1057/9781137355317

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 184